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Visit the Civil Rights Room
The Civil Rights Room is a space for education and exploration of NPL's Civil Rights Collection. The materials exhibited here capture the drama of a time when thousands of African-American citizens in Nashville sparked a nonviolent challenge to racial segregation in the city and across the South.
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The life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is traced from birth and childhood to his death. He experienced racism and discrimination in the South and experienced integration for the first time upon visiting Hartford, Connecticut in the East while in college. His disdain for racism and segregation inspired him to lead a crusade for racial integration and equality. Dr. King sought economic equality towards the end of his life.
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"A graphic biography of civil rights leader and American icon Martin Luther King Jr. This graphical biography tells the story of the most prominent leader of the American civil rights movement. With full-color illustrations and a historically accurate narrative, Martin Luther King Jr.: Voice for Equality! will inform and entertain readers of all ages. From his childhood in Atlanta to his rise as an international icon of human rights and a fiery orator...
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In an extraordinary jam session between two very distinctive storytelling traditions, African American writer, griot and blues singer Arthur Flowers and Indian scroll painter Manu Chitrakar have created I See the Promised Land, a stunning biography of Martin Luther King Jr. This powerful graphic narrative tells King's story through the major events that occurred in the apartheid South during his lifetime. It includes descriptions of the Montgomery...
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